Standard rifle
The armament of both Autobots and Decepticons without their own inherent weaponry is often the standard rifle.
Fiction
Dreamwave Generation One continuity
In robot mode, Big Shot often used a standard-issue Autobot rifle. Big Shot's More than Meets the Eye profile Dropshot carried a standard energy rifle in robot mode. Dropshot's More than Meets the Eye profile To make up for his lack of firepower, Ratchet often opted for a standard laser rifle. Ratchet's More than Meets the Eye profile Like most Throttlebots, Rollbar used a standard laser rifle; Rollbar's More than Meets the Eye profile Searchlight would carry one when necessary. Searchlight's More than Meets the Eye profile In addition to using a standard rifle Trailbreaker could fire high-explosive missiles from his wrist sockets. Trailbreaker's More than Meets the Eye profile
Notes
- Since many Transformers' toys and/or character models did not feature weapons, the standard rifle seems to have been the Dreamwave More than Meets the Eye writers' catch-all solution to how these characters were typically armed.
